The Dream Team 1989   PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Zieff
Cast: Michael Keaton, Peter Boyle, Christopher Lloyd, Stephen Furst, Dennis Boutsikaris, Lorraine Bracco, Milo O'Shea, Philip Bosco, James Remar, Jack Gilpin
This is a confusing film about some mental hospital patients who solve a murder case involving their doctor, who has witnessed a murder. Could be better, but good cast gets the job done.
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Hearts of the West 1975 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Zieff
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Alan Arkin, Blythe Danner, Andy Griffith, Donald Pleasence, Richard B. Shull, Herb Edelman, Alex Rocco, Frank Cady, Matt Clark
Jeff Bridges aspires to be a writer of Western lore and takes a correspondence course; the course turns out to be a fraud. Through a series of twists and turns, he ends up with stolen cash and, as an escape route, becomes a cowboy on a movie set.
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House Calls 1978  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Zieff
Cast: Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Art Carney, Richard Benjamin, Candice Azzara, Dick O'Neill, Thayer David, Anthony Holland, Brad Dexter, Lloyd Gough
A middle-aged surgeon (Walter Matthau), newly widowed, thinks of himself as a "great catch." Complications arise in the form of a divorcee (Glenda Jackson) who has her own ideas of what makes good relationships. Art Carney, as usual, is great.
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The Main Event 1979  PG, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Zieff
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Paul Sand, Whitman Mayo, Patti D'Arbanville, Richard Lawson, James Gregory, Rory Calhoun, Ernie Hudson, Chu Chu Malave
Because of an embezzlement scheme, perfume magnate Hillary Kramer (Barbara Streisand) loses everything–except her tax-shelter contract with a prizefighter, Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon (Ryan O'Neal). The Kid, however, is not sure he wants to suffer physical harm in the boxing ring. Hillary has other plans for her ticket back to financial stability.
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My Girl 1991 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Howard Zieff
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin, Anna Chlumsky, Richard Masur, Griffin Dunne, Ann Nelson, Peter Michael Goetz, Jane Hallaren, Anthony R. Jones, Tom Villard, Lara Steinick, Kristian Truelsen, David Caprita, Jody Wilson
Eleven-year-old Vada (Anna Chlumsky) worries about her own responsibility for her mother's death during childbirth and reaches out for attention from her estranged father Harry (Dan Aykroyd) who runs a funeral parlor. When Harry starts dating Shelly (Jamie Lee Curtis), a cosmetologist who works in the funeral parlor, Vada tries to stop the romance. Meanwhile, her only friend Thomas (Macaulay Culkin) gives her comfort, but that ends when frail Thomas suffers a fatal injury after being attacked by bees. Now, Vada's preoccupation with death is accelerated. A sequel follows.
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My Girl 2 1994 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Howard Zieff
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Chlumsky, Austin O'Brien, Richard Masur, Christine Ebersole, Gerrit Graham, Richard Beymer, Ben Stein, Aubrey Morris, J.D. Souther, Angela Ball, Keone Young, Anthony R. Jones, Jodie Markell
In this sequel, Vada (Anna Chlumsky) is now13 years old. Her father Harry (Dan Aykroyd) has married Shelly (Jamie Lee Curtis), and they are expecting a baby. Vada decides to write a paper about the mother she never knew because she died while giving birth to Vada. Harry reluctantly gives her permission to go to L.A. and arranges for her to stay with Uncle Phil (Richard Masur) who lives with his girlfriend Rose (Christine Ebersole) and her son Nick (Austin O'Brien). Nick and Vada are close in age and, together, travel around L.A. finding information about Vada's mother. When Vada learns that Shelly is about to give birth, she returns home and, while saying goodbye, receives her first kiss–from Nick.
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Private Benjamin 1980  R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Zieff
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante, Robert Webber, Sam Wanamaker, Barbara Barrie, Mary Kay Place, Harry Dean Stanton, Albert Brooks, Alan Oppenheimer
A young, pampered Jewish princess (Goldie Hawn) suffers misfortune when her husband dies on their wedding night. During her bereavement, she impulsively decides to join the Army–with hilarious results. Hawn received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, and Eileen Brennan was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
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 Slither 1973 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Zieff
Cast: James Caan, Peter Boyle, Sally Kellerman, Louise Lasser, Allen Garfield, Richard B. Shull, Alex Rocco, Garry Goodrow, Len Lesser, Virginia Sale
An assorted group of offbeat characters search for lost treasure in California. Fun viewing.
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Unfaithfully Yours 1984 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Howard Zieff
Cast: Dudley Moore, Nastassja Kinski, Armand Assante, Albert Brooks, Cassie Yates, Richard Libertini, Richard B. Shull, Art LaFleur, Jane Hallaren, Bernard Behrens, Jan Triska, Benjamin Rayson, Leonard Mann, Estelle Omens, Penny Peyser
This remake of 1948's "Unfaithfully Yours" stars Dudley Moore in the role of symphony conductor Claude Eastman who plots revenge for the affair he believes his wife Daniella (Nastassja Kinski) is enjoying with violinist Max Stein (Armand Assante). While conducting a symphony, Claude plots the method he will use to get revenge by murdering Daniella. But, the plan he dreams up turns out to be difficult to carry out, and the humor of his bungling becomes the name of the game.
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| 1. The Dream Team (1989)
2. Hearts of the West (1975)
3. House Calls (1978)
4. The Main Event (1979)
5. My Girl (1991)
6. My Girl 2 (1994)
7. Private Benjamin (1980)
8. Slither (1973)
9. Unfaithfully Yours (1984)
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